A series of biblical readings and prayers from David L. Miller, senior pastor of St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Naperville, IL. David is the former editor of The Lutheran magazine and Director of Spiritual Formation at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.

Monday, October 26, 2015

Monday, October 26, 2015

Mark
10:50-52

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be
called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not
know us is that it did not know him.Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will
be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is
revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as
he is pure.

Revealed
in beauty

In seeing we become what we see, what we love, what our eyes
caress and treasure.

So it is with all of us, but certainly true of those who look
to Jesus and know the Love he is. Seeing him they see anew the life and beauty,
the Love he is in the lives of those who have graced this world by their
presence before passing into the engulfing mystery of what follows this life.

We look into heart and memory and see faces, some long passed, some ever and blessedly still near us, breathing the same air, and gracing us
with smiles that delight our hearts and humanize our days.

We look and see you, Holy One, in the lives of human
beings who like autumn trees whose beauty excites the heart and remind us that
this world … despite the carnage and hatred that roils the globe … remains
truly alive with beauty that shines in the eyes of those whose love testifies to
the Love you always are and always will be.

Thank you.

Thank you blessed ones, shining souls alive with the
brilliant red and golden tones of the Love who is.

Thank you Blessed One, O Holy Mystery beyond my every
thought. Just thank you for letting me see and know and, in your way and time
with me, to be transformed into a better man, more alive and gracious, more
graced with the beauty of your Love.

You are revealed in Love, dear brother, Jesus, the Love of
the Eternal, that seeing we may become as you … and all your saints … truly are.